Weeks 1, 2, 3, and 4
TOEFL Practice
Focus on the Main Idea
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7

Observe the Flow of Ideas
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6

Draw Logical Inferences
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5

Weeks 5, 6, 7, and 8
TOEFL Practice
Make Accurate Predictions
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Review exercise

Interpret Common Features
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Review exercise

Recognize Restated Information
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Review exercise

Weeks 9, 10, 11, and 12
TOEFL Practice
Identify Referents
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Review exercise

Increase Your Vocabulary Systematically
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Review exercise

Recognize Ineffective Strategies for
Dealing with Vocabulary Questions
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Review exercise

Use Effective Strategies for Dealing with Vocabulary Questions
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Review exercise

Cause and Effect
How Forgeries Corrupt Our Museums
The Media
Two Centuries of Progress

Compare and Contrast
Bringing Up Boys and Girls - handout
Media Violence - handout
Something strange is happening to tabloids  - handout

Inference
Inference

Process
Prepare, Prepare

Project 1
Overview

Reading Rate
Spreeder - Speed Reading Trainer
Speed Reading

Skimming and Scanning
The Flu rapid reading exercise and Skimming and Scanning Exercise
Peeping Tom Journalim rapid reading exercise and Skimming and Scanning Exercise

TOEFL Practice
Step 1
Focus on the Main Idea
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7

Step 2
Observe the Flow of Ideas
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6

Step 3
Draw Logical Inferences
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5

Step 4
Make Accurate Predictions
Exercise 1
ENG 098 Reading: Fall 2009
July 28, 2009